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21.06.2019

Unifi: Upgrade its texturing capabilities with use of new technology

Oerlikon’s new eAFK Evo texturing machine, which was unveiled to selected clients at the ITMA trade fair in Barcelona, has proven to be a breakthrough in the manufacture of yarns. This is evidenced by leading global yarn producer, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., who placed a significant order for these revolutionary machines yesterday, the first day of the trade fair.

Unifi collaborated with Oerlikon to develop a specially-designed eAFK Evo pilot machine that has been operating for the last eight months, using it to manufacture various Unifiber virgin and REPREVE®-branded recycled polyester and polyamide yarns. Unifi has obtained exclusive rights in the Americas to their unique design, which enables the new machine to operate at considerably higher texturing speeds, delivers consistently high-quality yarn across a broad range of products, and enables new, innovative performance yarns.

Oerlikon’s new eAFK Evo texturing machine, which was unveiled to selected clients at the ITMA trade fair in Barcelona, has proven to be a breakthrough in the manufacture of yarns. This is evidenced by leading global yarn producer, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., who placed a significant order for these revolutionary machines yesterday, the first day of the trade fair.

Unifi collaborated with Oerlikon to develop a specially-designed eAFK Evo pilot machine that has been operating for the last eight months, using it to manufacture various Unifiber virgin and REPREVE®-branded recycled polyester and polyamide yarns. Unifi has obtained exclusive rights in the Americas to their unique design, which enables the new machine to operate at considerably higher texturing speeds, delivers consistently high-quality yarn across a broad range of products, and enables new, innovative performance yarns.

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Oerlikon, ITA Unifi Inc.
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Oerlikon

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18.10.2018

Oerlikon to cooperate with Shaoyang Textile Machinery on Spunmelt line solutions in future

Oerlikons business unit Nonwoven will cooperate with the Chinese machine and plant manufacturer Shaoyang Textile Machinery for nonwoven solutions in the hygiene market. This was announced by the Manmade Fibers segment at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018.

Oerlikons business unit Nonwoven will cooperate with the Chinese machine and plant manufacturer Shaoyang Textile Machinery for nonwoven solutions in the hygiene market. This was announced by the Manmade Fibers segment at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018.

The aim of both cooperation partners is to jointly advance the international sales of Spunmelt lines for hygiene applications in the field of disposable nonwovens outside China.
Oerlikons business unit Nonwoven will be responsible for the entire project in the future. To this end, the Neumünster-based company will contribute its know-how in plant engineering to the partnership. Additionally, Oerlikon acquires the CE certifications of all exported Shaoyang Spunmelt lines. Oerlikon will also be responsible for product and process guarantees and will provide worldwide customer services outside China. Shaoyang Textile Machinery, on the other hand, supplies the Spunmelt plant technologies.
"With Shaoyang Textile Machinery, we have found a renowned Chinese plant manufacturer with extensive know-how in the construction of Spunmelt plants for hygiene applications, which achieves international standards with its nonwoven qualities," explains Oerlikon Manmade Fiber Segment CEO Georg Stausberg.
Rainer Straub, Head of Oerlikons Nonwoven Business Unit, adds: "The partnership with Shaoyang Textile Machinery enables us to gain a foothold in the highly competitive hygiene market. Our many years of engineering experience guarantee our customers production lines according to international
standards for high-quality nonwovens".

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Oerlikon

(c) Oerlikon
18.10.2018

Oerlikon kooperiert zukünftig bei Spunmelt- Anlagenlösungen mit Shaoyang Textile Machinery

Oerlikons Geschäftseinheit Nonwoven kooperiert zukünftig bei Vliesstofflösungen im Hygienemarkt mit dem chinesischen Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer Shaoyang Textile Machinery. Das gab das Segment Manmade Fibers im Rahmen der ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 nun bekannt.

Oerlikons Geschäftseinheit Nonwoven kooperiert zukünftig bei Vliesstofflösungen im Hygienemarkt mit dem chinesischen Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer Shaoyang Textile Machinery. Das gab das Segment Manmade Fibers im Rahmen der ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 nun bekannt.

Ziel beider Kooperationspartner ist es, die internationale Vermarktung von Spinnvliesanlagen für Hygieneanwendungen im Bereich der disposable Nonwoven (Einwegprodukte) außerhalb Chinas gemeinsam voranzubringen.
Oerlikons Geschäftseinheit Nonwoven trägt dabei zukünftig die Gesamtprojektverantwortung. Hierfür bringt das Neumünsteraner Unternehmen sein Know-how beim Plant-Engineering in die Partnerschaft mit ein, zeichnet neben der CE-Zertifizierung auch für die Produkt- und Prozessgarantien verantwortlich und übernimmt den weltweiten Kundendienst außerhalb Chinas. Shaoyang Textile Machinery liefert hingegen die Spunmelt-Anlagentechnologien.
„Mit Shaoyang Textile Machinery haben wir einen namhaften chinesischen Anlagenbauer mit umfangreichen Know-how beim Bau von Spunmelt-Anlagen für Hygieneanwendungen gefunden, der mit seinen Vliesqualitäten internationale Standards erzielt“, erklärt Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment CEO Georg Stausberg.
Rainer Straub, Leiter der Oerlikon Geschäftseinheit Nonwoven, ergänzt: „Die Partnerschaft mit Shaoyang Textile Machinery ermöglicht uns im stark wettbewerbsdominierten Hygienemarkt weiter Fuß zu fassen. Unsere jahrelange Engineering Erfahrung garantiert unseren Kunden Produktionslinien nach internationalen Standards für qualitativ hochwertige Vliese auf einem attraktiven Preisniveau.“

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Oerlikon

Oerlikon presents take up winder Source: www.ita.rwth-aachen.de
Oerlikon presents take up winder
30.05.2017

Oerlikon presents new take-up winder to ITA as partial gift

In May 2017, Jochen Adler, Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, presented a Oerlikon Barmag take-up winder as a partial gift to Prof. Dr Thomas Gries, head of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University. The new Type ASW602 winder, which is equipped with modern control software and user interface, replaces the former institute’s Barmag take-up winder.

In May 2017, Jochen Adler, Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, presented a Oerlikon Barmag take-up winder as a partial gift to Prof. Dr Thomas Gries, head of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University. The new Type ASW602 winder, which is equipped with modern control software and user interface, replaces the former institute’s Barmag take-up winder.


Due to this modernisation, ITA has access to a latest generation take-up winder which is used for various research projects. The new winder is applied at ITA’s two pilot melt spinning plants and ensures the transfer of new research and development insights into the pilot scale. Furthermore, this winder has two winding positions and operates with winding speeds between 2500 m/min and 5500 m/min. The new winder is suitable for all kinds of polymers, from polypropylene to polyethylene, polyester, polyamide etc. as well as for the production of several types of yarn, such as industrial yarn, pre-oriented yarn and fully-drawn yarn.
“We thank Oerlikon Barmag for the generous partial gifting and the support during the set-up of the new take-up winder”, says Prof. Dr Thomas Gries. “The new equipment will keep the institute’s machine park on a high and powerful level.” The head of ITA’s chemical fibre department Dr Thorsten Anders adds: “This winder is designed for the needs of chemical yarn research. It allows state of the art technology research and development and pilot-scale production. We will use it for the melt spinning plants in the single- and bi-component spinning process. This way, we can access a wide variety of producible yarn types.“

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Oerlikon, ITA
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Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University